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how hard is it to get information out of the vatican? how much do you think we just don't know and never will know? >> reporter: well, as your guest just said, it is true, there is a culture of secrecy and a total lack of transparency. that is simply a fact and has been for now decades. i mean, decades. and it's really american journalists, "boston globe" who broke this story back in i think early 2000s, 2002, about this raging criminal acts that have been going on in the roman catholic church. these are not just sins. these are actual crimes. and this is what roman catholics, so many of them, are so upset about, that they have not been able to have a full transparency. yes, pope benedict xvi made some efforts to do so, but there are still many criticisms that this has not been sorted out as it should be and that for generations, this thing has been covered up. and what you have now is, you know, 2005, i was here when pope john paul ii died, and we had the conclave for pope benedict xvi election. now, at that time there was a lot of crit
how hard is it to get information out of the vatican? how much do you think we just don't know and never will know? >> reporter: well, as your guest just said, it is true, there is a culture of secrecy and a total lack of transparency. that is simply a fact and has been for now decades. i mean, decades. and it's really american journalists, "boston globe" who broke this story back in i think early 2000s, 2002, about this raging criminal acts that have been going on in the roman...
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john allen is cnn senior vatican analyst and joins us now live from vatican city. john, decisions are not make at the vatican it in a day or even in the any len ymillennium. should we read more into this? it seems so sudden. >> in one accepts it seems so sudden in that the vatican would give us no indication whatsoever that this decision would be coming down the pike today. we've been led to believe that this was a personal decision that was not widely shared inside the corridors of the vatican. even senior officials here were taken off guard and stunned by. i can tell you personally, carol, i was scheduled to have lunch today with a senior vatican official who had to scramble just asdy to respond to this breaking news because he, too, had no inkling that it was coming. on another level, it's not so surprising if we consider that two years ago benedict xvi gave an interview in which the issue of papal resignation came up. he indicated not only a pope could resign under church law, but there could be an obligation if he felt he wasn't up to the job. so it's not the
john allen is cnn senior vatican analyst and joins us now live from vatican city. john, decisions are not make at the vatican it in a day or even in the any len ymillennium. should we read more into this? it seems so sudden. >> in one accepts it seems so sudden in that the vatican would give us no indication whatsoever that this decision would be coming down the pike today. we've been led to believe that this was a personal decision that was not widely shared inside the corridors of the...
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the next session of ritual stars. >> that will be a fascinating time to be at the vatican. thank you for that. >>> checking other top stories that we're following, we have just learned that president obama is inviting congressional leaders to the white house on friday. that's the day the $85 billion in spending cuts are set to kick in. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell says it will be a chance to discuss how the leadership or the leaders and the president can, quote, keep our commitment to reduce washington spending. overseas a co-worker shot and killed himself after shooting others. there's still no word on what the possible motive was here. >>> a winter storm spreading snow from missouri to maine is making a huge mess in chicago and the upper midwest and driving is treacherous. another 150 flights in chicago have been called off after a cancellation yesterday. you can excuse chuck hagel for being a little bit late. he first had to be sworn in for his job as secretary of defense at a private pentagon ceremony. that step coming after a pretty tough confirmation fight
the next session of ritual stars. >> that will be a fascinating time to be at the vatican. thank you for that. >>> checking other top stories that we're following, we have just learned that president obama is inviting congressional leaders to the white house on friday. that's the day the $85 billion in spending cuts are set to kick in. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell says it will be a chance to discuss how the leadership or the leaders and the president can, quote, keep...
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he will have already left a few hours earlier and gone from the vatican to the summer residence, but as i say, 24 hours from now, the papacy of john -- of benedict xvi is over, and then begins the process of selecting the next pope. >> and, of course, we'll have special coverage of that in 24 hours. we'll look for you then. meantime, back to the controversy with regard to the sex abuse scandal. i want to ask you quickly, some catholics they do not want cardinal roger mahoney voting as part of the conclave because of his role covering up this child sex abuse scandal. do you believe that vote will continue with mahoney as part of it? >> reporter: absolutely. we have asked everybody, particularly because of the controversy surrounding him, we asked so many people in the vatican, officials and others, even spoke to the retired archbishop, still cardinal, retired archbishop of the washington, d.c. diocese, and he said, yes, this would happen and mahoney would, in fact, join the conclave. and they tell us every which way that, you know what, no matter what has happened, they still have the
he will have already left a few hours earlier and gone from the vatican to the summer residence, but as i say, 24 hours from now, the papacy of john -- of benedict xvi is over, and then begins the process of selecting the next pope. >> and, of course, we'll have special coverage of that in 24 hours. we'll look for you then. meantime, back to the controversy with regard to the sex abuse scandal. i want to ask you quickly, some catholics they do not want cardinal roger mahoney voting as...
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." >>> a surprising announcement at the vatican today. a spokesman says the cardinals who will choose a successor to pope benedict xvi could meet sooner than first planned. the vatican says the date could move up with all the cardinals are in rome. 117 cardinals, 67 appointed by pope benedict himself, will choose his replacement after he steps down on february 28th. >>> in california, authorities say it appears cop killer christopher dorner took his own life, making good on his vow he would not be taken alive. autopsy results show dorner died from a single gunshot wound to the head. dental records confirm the body found in the basement of that burned out cabin was dorner's. more on that week-long manhunt and who gets the million-dollar reward. >>> half a world away, authorities are investigating the murder of a top model found dead valentine's day at the home of her boyfriend, oscar pistorius. pistorius sobbed uncontrollably as he was charged with premeditated murder in the death of reeva steenkamp. charges that he denies. pistorius is in
." >>> a surprising announcement at the vatican today. a spokesman says the cardinals who will choose a successor to pope benedict xvi could meet sooner than first planned. the vatican says the date could move up with all the cardinals are in rome. 117 cardinals, 67 appointed by pope benedict himself, will choose his replacement after he steps down on february 28th. >>> in california, authorities say it appears cop killer christopher dorner took his own life, making good...
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. >> pope benedict xvi considering changing the vatican constitution. he shocks the world last week when he announced his resignation effective at the epd of the month. as it stands, vatican rules says that cardinals should start voting on a replacement 15 to 20 days after the vacancy. what do you think, michael? when the pope leaves, what does he do? >> one hasn't done this, remember, for 400 years. >> roll that commercial, that taco bell commercial from the super bowl. >> i don't remember that. >> i think that was kind of a little bit -- there you go. >> the old folks escaping from the home and having a bit of fun. >> i think he would have to escape. is the pope allowed to do any of this partying? >> we don't know. we haven't seen it for a few centuries. it's all going to be new, isn't it? >> i think he's going to have a little pocket change to play with. >> about $3,000, $3,300 a month. they worked it out because that's what retired bishops get. they haven't done a 401(k) before. >> but all expenses paid. he's in the monastery, right? >> that's the t
. >> pope benedict xvi considering changing the vatican constitution. he shocks the world last week when he announced his resignation effective at the epd of the month. as it stands, vatican rules says that cardinals should start voting on a replacement 15 to 20 days after the vacancy. what do you think, michael? when the pope leaves, what does he do? >> one hasn't done this, remember, for 400 years. >> roll that commercial, that taco bell commercial from the super bowl....
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vatican radio says the pope's twitter account will be closed at 8:00 rome time february 28th. that's benedict's last day in office. in the two and a half months the pope has been on twitter he has attracted more than 2 million followers. >>> and oscar pistorius broke down in tears today, sobbing and shaking as the imagines straight spent two hours recapping the murder case against him. then the magistrate granted him bail. >> that reaching out in the affidavit in the way that he did, placing it before the court, together with the fact that none of the factors that need to be established have been established. i come to the conclusion that the accused has made a case to be released on bail. >> yes! >> the man known as blade runner shown leaving the court today with his family. pistorius' troubles are far from over. his next court date is june 4th, and his trial may not start until the end of the year. cnn's robyn curnow joins us now from johannesburg. we heard that outburst in the courtroom. was he among those? >> reporter: no, not at all. that outburst -- that outburst came fr
vatican radio says the pope's twitter account will be closed at 8:00 rome time february 28th. that's benedict's last day in office. in the two and a half months the pope has been on twitter he has attracted more than 2 million followers. >>> and oscar pistorius broke down in tears today, sobbing and shaking as the imagines straight spent two hours recapping the murder case against him. then the magistrate granted him bail. >> that reaching out in the affidavit in the way that he...